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Hlabezulu Ngonoonda
Hlabezulu Ngonoonda
6 years ago

Correct. It is better for the farmers to use human waste which has been properly treated with necessary chemicals unlike using untreated sewage waste disposal. However, as long as untreated wastewater continues flow into rivers and streams, there will always be a growing threat to people’s health eating vegetables irrigated with untreated water. The amount of land being irrigated with untreated water is much greater now and is contributing serious implications for the health of people. In Blantyre, wastewater from industrial areas enters into Limbe, Mudi, Naperi Rivers and other smaller streams where the stinking foam froths at the rivers’… Read more »

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